Christmas in Karimunjawa

Merry ******* Christmas! Before I write anything else look at these seven photos of unreal beaches throughout Karimunjawa and its surrounding islands.

Well I started off my Christmas holiday by taking an eight hour train ride, followed by a two hour bus ride, and then a four hour wait leading to the finale; a six hour crowded ferry to a string of remote islands in the Java Sea. Here’s me on the ship and if this photo doesn’t scream ‘I’m from the suburbs!’ then I really don’t know anything anymore…

If you look at a map of Indonesia first find the biggest Island, Java. Just above Central Java and Semarang lays a number of islands. Karimunjawa is the biggest of the bunch but even it is extremely small. A number of motorbikes but only a handful of cars and half a dozen streets are claimed by this paradise. Here is the main road; I think this captures the kind of quaint, homely, relaxed environment surrounding Karimunjawa

Here was our homestay, a cute two story house with a beautiful balcony. There were eight of us in total here’s most of us in front of the house.

Here was our boat, her the name was the ‘Asian Lady’ (they get points for originality and creativity) and she was captained by the gentleman in the Kayak, I know what you’re thinking; do they get any better looking than that? And no they don’t. Unfortunately Captain Jack wasn’t a huge fan of photos and although I could talk about him for days….

Here are some of the stops we made throughout Christmas day 

Here is our Christmas feast. Obviously I caught all of these fish by hand and grilled them myself.

I hopped right in with the sharks. The guide said they were too small to bite any of us but I am willing to bet he’s never seen shark week. Either way watching the sharks up close and underwater was incredible. Sharks are such beautiful creatures and the way they move so gracefully really is amazing. I was awestruck the entire time.

Phenomenal scenes from the second day